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Anchorman Sequel Gets Green Light
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/29/21845/ Will Ferrell made a surprise in-character appearance as the dim-witted fictional San Diego newsman Ron Burgundy on last night's installment of Conan, to announce that there will indeed be a sequel to his hit 2004 film, Anchorman. Having never …
Reviews!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/29/21833/ As you well know, David Elliott does much of the real work around here. I'm usually just the messenger, here to draw some attention to one of the few genuine stylists still working in movie criticism. FOR EXAMPLE: With …
Phew.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgbH05rQx1s My humble review of Mirror Mirror won't be up until next week's printy-papery edition of the Reader, but I am happy to report the following: neither the "Snow White? Snow way!" gag nor the "Say hello to my little …
The Internet Giveth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ka8gomr1B0 Yes, Barney, it's all happening again. Dante's Peak and Volcano, Armageddon and Deep Impact, 2012 and Melancholia (heh): moviemaking synchronicity. This time it's Seeking a Friend for the End of the World... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmJZmqflvoY and 4:44 Last Day on Earth. …
Elderly Florida Couple Bamboozled by Spike Lee Tweet
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/28/21746/ With the media trial of George Zimmerman igniting social networking sites, Spike Lee decided that he gotta' have in. The director, whose name hasn't made headlines since last year's major dust-up with Clint Eastwood, tweeted the home address of …
Spring Into Cinema with the Media Arts Center April Workshops
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/27/21725/ The Media Arts Center San Diego is turning its office on El Cajon Blvd. into a "Digital Gym" this April when they offer a series of hands-on spring film-making workshops. Here's your chance to learn how to make your …
Soul Kitchen Transforms ArtPower! Into a Lofty Dinner and a Movie
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/26/21606/ ArtPower! once again lives up to its promise of "an eclectic mix of interactive film experiences" by offering this unique dinner and a movie event. Acclaimed director Fatih Akın's boisterous "foodie comedy" Soul Kitchen will screen Thursday, April 12 …
Project X-Treme Educational Value
In Light of Bully Movie Campaign for Rating Reduction and Expanded Audience, Project X Filmmakers Push for PG-13 Rating on High School Party Movie. "Kids Need to Learn Not to Throw Massive Parties, Do Lots of Drugs, and Then Burn …
(No) Bully For You!
Campaign to Reduce Bully Rating to PG-13 Intensifies in Light of Hunger Games' Success "Apparently, bullying is more shocking than outright murder." http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/26/21597/ Like a great many other American teenagers, high school junior Katy Butler saw The Hunger Games last …
Hunger Games Biggest Grossing Non-Sequel Ever to Debut at Midnight
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/23/21466/ Box Office Mojo reports that The Hunger Games is the biggest money making sequel ever to have a midnight premier. In comparison, the first Twilight installment grossed $7 million. With an $19.74 million opening, The Hunger Games comes in …
Horror-Cultural Literacy?
So there's this movie coming out about a young man who can talk to dead people, and must use his powers to avert a catastrophe. I refer, of course, to Odd Thomas, the film version of the book by Dean …
Review: The Hunger Games
Yes, The Hunger Games is like The Running Man meets The Truman Show...with a heart! No, that's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. It could have been a great thing. But sloppy direction undermines the smart story and …
Reviews!
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/mar/22/21354/ David Elliott begins and ends this week's review with fishy fantasies — first of fishing, then of serving. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is about salmon fishing in the Yemen. "In England and Scotland, the film reaches for the …
How Much for the Avengers' Mansion?
So The Avengers continues its bloated, lumbering stroll toward release, and yesterday, I ran across these scintillating publicity photos of...room interiors? Hello, and welcome to Fury Realty, the choice of discriminating superheroes everywhere. Well, except Bruce Wayne. He inherited. Let's …
Latino Film Festival Announces its Winners
The San Diego Latino Film Festival just called "cut" on its 19th season and with it comes their eternal gratitude to those who helped make is a success as well as awards time. The festival doesn't end here. Coming soon …
Rape?
So when I got home from seeing The Lorax, The Wife asked, "Well? Did they rape your childhood?" "Not really," I admitted. "It was more of an aggressive, unwanted groping than a rape." But my people - the miserable, bitter …
Robert De Niro Buckles Under Pressure and Apologizes for "Racist" Remark
He starred as The King of Comedy, but anyone who has seen We're No Angels or The Fockers films knows that telling jokes is not Robert De Niro's forte. With a decent script in his hands, Bobby D. is dynamite, …
Stooges
Well, the Three Stooges have been getting a lot of play around these here parts of late, what with the 70th anniversary of Casablanca coming up and all. So I thought maybe I'd join in by posting video of a …
Walking Dead Season 2: More To Hate, Enough To Love?
Back when I essayed at length on my problems with season one of this downbeat drama that so many people love to hate and hate to love ("Does the Walking Dead Stink, Or ???"), my POV landed pretty firmly on …
The Title or Trailer Game IV: Catch It!
With Valerie Scher's superb Casablanca quiz still buzzing in our minds, why not complicate your lives even further with another round of the Title or Trailer Game? The rules are simple. Below are two title cards. One hails from the …